Beyond mean-field approach to heavy-ion reactions around the Coulomb barrier


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Washiyama K., Lacroix D., Ayik S., YILMAZ B.

5th International Conference on FUSION11, St Malo, France, 2 - 06 May 2011, vol.17, (Full Text) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
  • Volume: 17
  • Doi Number: 10.1051/epjconf/20111709003
  • City: St Malo
  • Country: France
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Dissipation and fluctuations of one-body observables in heavy-ion reactions around the Coulomb barrier are investigated with a microscopic stochastic mean-field approach. By projecting the stochastic mean-field dynamics on a suitable collective path, transport coefficients associated with the relative distance between colliding nuclei and a fragment mass are extracted. Although microscopic mean-field approach is know to underestimate the variance of fragment mass distribution, the description of the variance is much improved by the stochastic mean-field method. While fluctuations are consistent with the empirical (semiclassical) analysis of the experimental data, concerning mean values of macroscopic variables the semiclassical description breaks down below the Coulomb barrier.